About

Biography

I was born in France in 1988 but was raised in rural Quebec. I moved to Montreal in 2009 and began painting seriously in 2013. My interest in painting was fueled for the most part by a fascination with the works of masters such as Rembrandt, Velázquez, Repin, Sargent and Nerdrum. From the beginning, my goal has been to learn as much as I could from studying their work in order to reach a point where I could confidently depict the imaginary scenes that are meaningful to me in a realistic and evocative manner. In 2014, I received a generous grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation to study traditional drawing and painting techniques at the Russian Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. After a year of intense study in the birthplace of the Renaissance, I moved to Leipzig to establish my own painting studio. I now continue to work independently; discovering, learning and (hopefully) improving along the way.

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Awards & Prizes

2016 Winner of the Certificate of Excellence from the Palm-Art Award
2014 Grantee of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation